Gabrielle Giffords to lobby personally on guns

Rep. Ron Barber (D-Ariz.), an ex-Gabrielle Giffords staffer who was shot in the same attack that wounded the former lawmaker, said Wednesday that she would personally be lobbying House members on gun control issues.

“She and Commander [Mark Kelly, her husband,] will be making visits to members of the Congress, and will be trying to — in a one-on-one relationship and meeting — lay out their case,” Barber said on ABC News and Yahoo!’s “Topline.”

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“I think the most important thing, quite frankly, that their initiative is going to do is keep this issue alive,” he added. “Because we know, with 24/7 news, everything breaks, and what we had yesterday is gone. And Sandy Hook will be forgotten in no time. Their effort, I think, to keep this issue alive in the public arena is very important, and I know that is a large part of what they want to do.”